License-tag holder for automobiles



Feb. 24,l 1931. F. F. BUCHANAN 1,794,224

LICENSE TAG HOLDER FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed June 21, 1928 Patented Feb. 24,1931 p UNITED STATES' FREDERICK F. BUCHANA, OF MACIPONGO, VIRGINIALICEN'SE-TAG- HOLDER FOiR AUTOMOBILES Application filed .Tune 21,

The invention relates t o means forattaching' license tags to -bracketsprovided therefor on automobiles, and has for its ob-4 ject theprovision of a device including a resilient member having means formedintegral therewith to engage through the openings provided in thelicense tag and bracket to hold the license tag in`position on thebracket, the resilient member preventing rattling of the parts orloosening of the fastening means and at the same time provides adevicethat is quickly installed and removed.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a fastener forlicense tags comprising a convolute expansible spring havingaprojectionformed adjacent to one .end of the spring by hending thespring wire,

'said proJection. being adapted to engage in the openingin the licensetag and bracket provided therefor, while the other end of the spring isformed with an inturned portion having an extension arranged through thespring and its extremity bent to provide a cross head, said cross headbeing adapted to `engage through the same openings in-the tag andbracket and the entire device providing a resilient fastening means thatis quickly installed and removed and when in position` preventsloosening and ratt-ling of the license tag relatively to the bracket.

The invention will be described in detail hereinaftei` and will be foundillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- O Figure 1 is a frontface view showing a fragment of a license tag and bracket and the holderin position,

Figure 2 is a rear view of the part shown in Figure 1,=

Figures '3 and 4 are sectional views on` planes indicated by the lines3-3-, and 4-4, respectively, of Figure 1, and

Figure 5 is a side view in eleivation of the holder, the view beingtaken from a point` ninety 'degrees'removed from the point of view inFigures 3 and 4.l v i In the drawings similar reference characters areused to designate correspon'ding parts throughout the several views.

The holder is designed to Secure a license tag, designated A, toabracket B, the license 1928. Serial No. 287,0ss.

tag being provided With slotted Opening a that alines with a'slottedOpening b in the bracket B, and the holder hereinafter described is usedin place of bolts and nutsusually employed for holding the license tagon the bracket. The holder comprises an 'expansible convolute spring 1having adjacent to one of its ends a pointed projection 2 that is formedby hending or undulating the wire forming the spring, said pointed pro-Jection being adaptedb to be inserted into the slo.s a and b, so thatthe Wire on each side thereof designated 3 and 4 rests upon and pressesagainst the license tag A on each side of the slot a to securcly holdthe license tag in engagement with the bracket B. The other end of thespring 1 is provided with a portion 5 that is extended upwardlylongitudi- 'nally of' the spring and inclined toward the axis of thespring, and has an integral extension 6 that extends axially through thespring coils and is formed with a cross head 7 that ris provided byhending the wire laterally. as shown at 8 and then i'eturnin-g it asshown at 9 and the extremity of the wire returned as shown at 10. i i

In mounting the license tag on the bracket, the cross head 7 willlbefirst inserted through the alined slots a and I), and then by giving thespring a turn through an are of substantially ninety degrees the crosshead 7 will be iu the position shown in F igures 1', 2, 3 and 4, and thepointed projection 2 will engage in i the slots'a and b to'securely holdthe tag on lthe bracket.k

What is claimed is A license tag holder, comprising an expansibleconvolute spring having an out- Wardly directed undulation .forniedadjacent to one end thereof and adapted to enter alined 'openings in alicense tag and a bracket therefor, said undulation being substantiallyV- shaped, the 'wire forming the spring at each side of saidundulation'adapted toseat against the-license tag when in position, theother end of said spring being provided with a portion extendedlongitudinally away from and inclined towards Vthe axis of theconvolutions of the spring, an integral extension from said inwardlybent portion extending axially through the convolutions, and theextremity of said extenson being provided with a cross head formed byhending the wire outwardly from said extension and returned thereon3 5with a returned extremity having its terminal ending in abuttingrelation with the first bend formin the cross head, said cross headbeing adapte for insertionthrough the openings aforesaid and by givingthe spring a quarter 10 turn engaging the bracket on the side remotefrom the seat for the first mentioned end of .f the spring. J i

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FREDERICK F. BUCHANAN.

